Sentences with phrase «arguments over prices»

There are a few good arguments for engaging in epic arguments over prices, though the most pragmatic one might be a simple case study in economics.

Arguments over the price we pay for content aside, I'm not sure how this is all going to work.

Not exact matches

* But there is also a valid policy argument that companies that own both cable channels and cable wires have excessive power over pricing, and that blocking such a merger is a good use of anti-trust power — even if it's an argument you'd usually hear from the left side of the aisle.

Bayer said in a statement that it doesn't control the cost for patients at the pharmacy, because copays are determined by insurers and pharmacy - benefit managers — an argument that pharmaceuticals companies have long made when facing criticism over drug prices.

There are reasonable arguments for adopting the measures used in Quality and Price over those used in the Magic Formula, but it's not an unambiguously more logical approach than the Magic Formula.

I have no intention of making an argument of where the gold prices will be over next month or five years from now — I simply don't know.

New York permits merchants to offer the first while prohibiting the second, prompting Supreme Court arguments yesterday over how far the government may go in regulating price information.

Again, as Graham mentions above, the hybrid version of the RX carries a hefty price premium over the normal gas model, so the cost savings at the gas pump argument may not ring true until years down the road.

Unfortunately, the switch to digital also carries with it a built - in flaw, which is that subscribers expect to read digital at a lower price — hence a lot of the argument between booksellers and publishers over ebook pricing — and advertisers expect to pay less for digital ad space.

But when I read the discussion that took place over the weekend at Paidcontent.org between Mathew Ingram and Laura Owen that is described as a «smack - down,» I scratch my head and wonder if anyone can make something more than an emotional and nostalgic argument to defend a practice (the likely illegal price - fixing scheme called «agency pricing «-RRB- that is just such a «subsidy» model.

While there may be very valid arguments and concerns over how shifting the balance of power back to one major retailer can impact the entire publishing industry, the fact remains: price fixing isn't allowed because it also shifts the balance of power back to one seller.

While the US courts hear arguments about alleged price fixing and anti-trust issues between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers» effort to reduce Amazon's hold on the ebook industry, a similar investigation has been going on in the EU over the same accusations.

There are reasonable arguments for adopting the measures used in Quality and Price over those used in the Magic Formula, but it's not an unambiguously more logical approach than the Magic Formula.

It is an «interesting» argument that says we need to artificially keep oil prices high because... err... the days of cheap oil are over because... err... of peak oil.

Lately an argument has broken out over the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and whether it drives up gasoline prices.

The government has set out the argument in favour of various measures, among them minimum pricing, to restrict drinking, which has increased on a per capita basis quite considerably over the recent decades.

Arguments over public versus private provision of auto insurance often revolve around price and treatment of claimants.

Xiaomi's Mi TV 4 / 4A offers a lot of compelling arguments to win you over at a remarkably affordable price.

The prevailing argument - one over whether price is a success metric held by the whole community, or if other factors like user growth are more important - is likely to now intensify.

However, such an argument could be made for the unprecedented surge in prices over the new year that weren't really backed by any substantial milestones.